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-14Industrialeffort should not be paralyzed, but criminal combinationsshould be broken up. The state should not seek solace in suits forpenalties and have its laws appeased by a mere monetary payment.But let the criminal provisions of the trust laws be enforced as avindication of the public's right to protection from imposition, combinationsand monopoly.Whenever the state compromises with these violators of its lawfor money it takes a partnership interest in the vice which it denounces.Not a single so-called trust that has paid a penalty assuch but what is now doing business in Texas, either in its own nameor under some other, and in most cases has added many times theamount of the penalty paid the state to the price of articles controlledby it and in every such case the consumer has contributedthe penalty the state collected.I insist that the penal provisions of the law should be enforced.In this way alone will unlawful combinations in restraint of trade bebroken up. The law should also be so amended as to deprive anyofficer of the state of the right to make "compromises" with violatorsof the anti-trust laws of Texas.ANTI-PASS LAW.I have always favored the suppression of the free-pass evil, butthe so-called anti-pass law should be amended so as to make its purposesand provisions clearer. The Railroad Commission, charged asit is by the law with part responsibility for its enforcement, has foundmuch difficulty in harmonizing many of its conflicting provisions.The law should be amended so as to remove the restraint on the freedomof contract to the extent at least of allowing newpapers to selltheir advertising space and accept in exchange for it railroad transportation.I do not believe that a newspaper could thus be corruptedwith railroad transportation, as has been imputed by some. A "fairexchange of property is not robbery" and should not be made acrime either. A change should be made, empowering the RailroadCommision, in worthy instances like that of the Volunteer Firemenattending their state conventions, to make a special rate for thatpurpose or, on application of the railroad companies, to approve, byorder, free transportation for the delegates. The Voluteer Firemenof the State are an unselfish set of men, who give their time and jeopardizetheir lives to protect the lives and property of others, withouthope of material reward. Surely it can do no injury to good moralsor to good public policy to amend this law as suggested. It should beamended, too, so as to apply to persons of all classes alike who areengaged in charitable work.THE TEXT BOOK LAW.The Thirtieth Legislature passed an amended text book law, andit will be the duty of the Legislature to deal with that question. Irecommend that this law be amended so as to prevent such frequentchanges in the children's school books. The children hardly have timeto get acquainted with one list of books before they are changed.